parsimoniousness

parsimoniousness
    n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
         unnecessarily [syn: {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness},
         {thrift}, {penny-pinching}]
    2: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess},
       {niggardliness}, {niggardness}, {parsimony},
       {parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness},
       {closeness}]
    

parsimoniousness \parsimoniousness\ n.
   1. The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in
      spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

   Syn: parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching.
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   2. An extreme stinginess.

   Syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness,
        parsimony, tightfistedness.
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Parsimonious \Par`si*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See
   {Parsimony}.]
   Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal
   to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. --
   {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n.
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         A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
                                                  --Bacon.
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         Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the
         expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war
         will drain us of more men and money.     --Addison.
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   Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving;
        mean; stingy; frugal. See {Avaricious}.
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